Should you replace your old handle, keep it, or buy a new rake?

Today I’ll be repairing this broken rake. Now I could have thrown it away and bought a new one for $15-$20 since these things don’t cost much. Or I could get a costlier one that may be more durable, but a few things are stopping me from doing that.

1. Things in general are not getting cheaper, $15-$20 does not seem like much, but in these hard times every dollar counts.

2. The actual rake itself is not broken; it can still rake pretty good. The only thing broken is the wood handle.

3. I enjoy doing simple repairs. If I see something that can be fixed and still be used, then I rather get it repaired.

It is important to learn to repair things, especially small things like this because I feel in my case, I cannot just be throwing stuff away and buying new things all the time; it is important to find alternate solutions to simple problems. I am not fixing a jet engine here; this is a simple repair that I can take on myself. If the wooden tip would be too worn out that it cannot hold the screw in, then all I would do is just cut off the worn-out part, start to shave the tip again until it fits into the hole, then just screw the nail on the newly exposed piece of wood. However, the tip still seems to be fine on the other side for now, so I will just be flipping the handle and insert the screw into the part that has not yet been perforated. This will hold for a few more months. Eventually when the time comes for me to fix it again, and if the actual rake is still in good condition, it will take me a few minutes to repair again, but at least I won’t have to spend money on a new rake yet.

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So now that I’ve explained to you what we’re going to do let's get started.

As mentioned, I am just flipping the wood handle to the part that isn’t punctured yet and I’m sticking it right back into the hole.

Now that we’ve stuck the handle back into the hole and it feels snug, we’ll proceed to tighten the screw.

We just put some pressure to get the screw to go in. It’ll be a little hard at first but eventually it will go in.

Once the screw is tight then we can give it a pull to ensure the handle is secured in place. After that we just put it to the test.

FIXED!!!!! For now....

Let me know in the comments section what you would have done, fixed it or bought a new rake. Is it worth spending the time fixing it?